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World News Update, what you need to know

LONDON - An Australian voice yelled out "sinister pervert" as Rolf Harris left a London court after being found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls over almost two decades.

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HALHUL, Palestinian Territories - Israel has found the bodies of three missing teenagers, accusing Hamas of their murder and vowing to make the Islamist movement pay.

BAGHDAD - Jihadists spearheading a Sunni militant offensive in Iraq have declared an Islamic caliphate and ordered Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to their chief, in a move the US has dismissed as meaningless.

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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for Ukraine's truce to be extended and for new talks between Kiev and separatists, just hours before the current ceasefire expires.

NEW YORK - General Motors has announced another massive auto recall, calling back 8.4 million vehicles - 7.6 million of them in the US - following seven crashes and three fatalities.

JAKARTA - Indonesia's ruling party has thrown its support behind presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto ahead of elections next week, a further boost for the ex-general and a blow to frontrunner Joko Widodo.

LONDON - Malaria may alter the way people smell to make them more alluring to mosquitoes, research has shown.

LONDON - Featuring scantily clad dancers, a dead parrot and astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, cult British comedy troupe Monty Python promise that their long-awaited reunion shows in London will be spectacular - and of course, very silly.